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Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fourth stage of the easing of Greece’s lockdown began on Monday, when cafes and restaurants...) is among those that has expressed reservations about the extent to which the government’s support... Development Bank’s 2-billion-euro guarantee programme (TEPIX II), which reportedly received 70,000
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BoG governor renews calls for launch of bad bank and ESM use
EconomyBankingof Greece’s bad bank to deal with the reduction of NPEs. Speaking before a parliamentary committee...,” Stournaras said. ESM Stournaras also said that he will recommend the use of the ESM’s pandemic... demands from Greece’s lenders. He stressed that Greece should take advantage of every change
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Refugee housing deadline puts spotlight back on migration policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the headlines in Greece continue to be dominated by the government’s response to the pandemic and its economic implications, New Democracy’s handling of other issues is starting to come under fire... the UNHCR’s “ESTIA” programme, 2,500 housed in accommodation centres and 1,500 who are still living
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PM wants no strings attached to EU funds as ND juggles with public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsin business caused by the pandemic. The premier’s comment comes in the wake of his announcement.... As these interventions pile up, the projections for Greece’s public finances are being erased and re... on this year’s budget as the fiscal restrictions have been removed by the EU authorities
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New study shows Greek population more than halving by 2100
SocietyA study by the Lancet has shown that Greece’s population is set to shrink to levels as low as 4.7... fertility rate, Greece’s population would drop from 10.4 million in 2017 to 5.5 million in 2100, while under the UN’s sustained development goals scenario, the population could fall even further to 4.7
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PM forms panel to come up with strategy for use of EU recovery funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced the formation of a government committee to work on Greece’s... of the premier’s trusted aides, chief of staff Akis Skertos and chief economic adviser Alexis Patelis... policy, employment, infrastructure and production transformation. The government’s plan
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin northern Greece. SYRIZA’s Citizen’s Protection spokesman Yiannis Ragoussis has meanwhile accused... negative. The government’s advisors are said to be monitoring the situation for developments over..., these options were dismissed by government spokesman Stelios Petsas following Monday’s meeting
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Industrial turnover drops by 3.8 pct in June, slowing from previous months
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover fell by 3.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in June compared to a drop.... After two preceding months where the headline figure fell by over 30 percent, June’s figure represents a strong improvement in Greece’s manufacturing sector. The monthly performance was led by a 28.8
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PM denies asylum-seeker pushbacks, argues Covid-19 under control
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lay out his government’s position on a number of key issues, including the ongoing tension... aired on CNN on Wednesday, Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s position on Turkish activity in the eastern... of increased case numbers, linking them to the government’s decision to reopen the country
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling... to Turkey’s probing in the Aegean. The overwhelming view in Greece is that Athens has responded... is that Turkey is the problem in the Aegean, where Greece’s territorial waters remain at 6 miles
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